Physics in Perspective

I would like to thank the editors for this very nice editorial!

“When discussing the unexceptional, it is important to remember that what constitutes the ordinary, normal, or standard is always contested, as is excellently demonstrated by Aske Hennelund Nielsen and Maria Rentetzi in this issue.”

Constructing a Nobel Prize: The Case of Madame Curie - Physics in Perspective On December 10, 1911, Marie Curie received her second Nobel Prize, this time for chemistry, after the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903, half of which went to Marie and her husband Pierre and the other ...

Constructing a Nobel Prize: The Case of Madame Curie

The Search for Radiation Standards and Science Diplomacy in the Interwar Period - Physics in Perspective This paper argues that international cooperation on devising radiation standards and measuring devices has been an issue not only of national concern but of binational and international conflict in th...

The Search for Radiation Standards and Science Diplomacy in the Interwar Period 🗃️

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This is a thoughtful editorial and if you like #scicomm #sts #histsci #physics and other such delights you'll get some good food for thought out of this ⬇️

The Significance of the Ordinary in Physics - Physics in Perspective Physics in Perspective -

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The Significance of the Ordinary in Physics 🗃️

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Karl George Emeléus and Physics in Belfast 1927–66 - Physics in Perspective Karl George Emeléus (1901–1989) was educated at Cambridge and after a short period at King’s College, London, he spent the remainder of his career as lecturer (1929–33) and then professor (1933–66) of...

Karl George Emeléus and Physics in Belfast 1927–66

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The Protest that Never Was: Silencing Political Activism at CERN Before and During the Vietnam War - Physics in Perspective This article focuses on the history of CERN from the perspective of its staff’s political initiatives. Notwithstanding the extensive coverage that the international physics laboratory has received, hi...

The Protest that Never Was: Silencing Political Activism at CERN Before and During the Vietnam War

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The Historiography of “Hitler’s Atomic Bomb” - Physics in Perspective This essay analyzes the historiography of the German attempts during the Second World War to develop and harness the economic and military applications of uranium fission as well as the postwar “polit...

The Historiography of “Hitler’s Atomic Bomb”

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JASON in Europe: Contestation and the Physicists’ Dilemma about the Vietnam War - Physics in Persp... This article examines the contestation that in the summer of 1972 disrupted workshops in Western Europe featuring renowned physicists affiliated to the top-secret JASON advisory group. Set up by the U...

Hello Bluesky! We are a journal that seeks to bridge the gulf between physicists and non-physicists through historical and philosophical studies. Check out our latest publication by Gerardo Ienna and Simone Turchetti on activist scientists during the Vietnam War ⚒️🧪🗃️ #histsci #AcademicSky #physics

JASON in Europe: Contestation and the Physicists’ Dilemma about the Vietnam War - Physics in Persp... This article examines the contestation that in the summer of 1972 disrupted workshops in Western Europe featuring renowned physicists affiliated to the top-secret JASON advisory group. Set up by the U...

Newly published in Physics in Perspective: Gerardo Ienna and Simone Turchetti on conflicts between JASON scientists and activist scientists during the Vietnam War link.springer.com/article/10.1...